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'''''' (; : , ; ; Old Polish and ) are filled doughnuts found in Polish cuisine.

Key facts

Food.type
Doughnut
Food.name
Pączki
Food.image
Polskie_pączki.jpg
Food.caption
Glazed
Food.alternate_name
kreple, pùrcle
Food.country
Poland
Food.main_ingredient
Yeast-based dough, grain alcohol, confiture or other sweet filling, powdered sugar, icing, glaze, or bits of dried orange zest
Food.commons
Pączek

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  • Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation
  • Pączki Day
  • See also
  • Explanatory notes
  • Citations
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'''' (; : , ; ; Old Polish and ) are filled doughnuts found in Polish cuisine.

==Description== A pączek is a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened ball and filled with confiture or other sweet filling. Pączki are usually covered with powdered sugar, icing, glaze, or bits of dried orange zest. A small amount of grain alcohol (traditionally rectified spirit) is added to the dough before cooking; as it evaporates, it prevents the absorption of oil deep into the dough. Pączki are commonly thought of as fluffy but somewhat collapsed, with a bright stripe around them; these features are seen as evidence that the dough was fried in fresh oil.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pączki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.